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‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Leads the Weekend Box Office

Columbia PicturesAndrew Garfield in a scene from “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

The weekend box office headlines: Spider-Man was solid if not quite superheroic, “Savages” surprised, and Katy Perry . . . well, she at least has her day job.

“The Amazing Spider-Man” (Sony) was an easy No. 1, taking in about $65 million at North American theaters, for a total of $140 million since opening on Tuesday. Comparisons are difficult, but the first “Transformers” movie, which opened on the Tuesday before the Fourth of July in 2007, took in about $172 million in its first six days, after adjusting for inflation. Sony called the response to its latest Spider-Man film “a spectacular success by any measure” and noted that the movie took in an additional $201.6 million overseas.

“Ted” (Universal) was a robust second in North America, selling about $32.6 million in tickets, for a two-week total of $120.2 million, according to Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office data. “Brave” (Walt Disney) was third, with an estimated $20.2 million in sales, lifting its three-week total to $174.5 million. Oliver Stone’s R-rated crime drama “Savages” (Universal) got off to a better-than-expected start in fourth place, with about $16.2 million in ticket sales; the film cost $45 million to make. “Magic Mike” (Warner Brothers) was fifth, with $15.6 million in sales, for a two-week total of $72.8 million. The weekend’s other major release, “Katy Perry: Part of Me” (Paramount), fizzled in eighth place, taking in about $7.2 million, for a total of $10.3 million since opening on Thursday; that film cost just $12 million to make.